I'm still growing...........

Sir Edmund Hillary was the first man to climb Mount Everest.

On May 29, 1953 he scaled the highest mountain then known to man-29,000 feet straight up. He was knighted for his efforts.


He even made American Express card commercials because of it!

However, until we read his book, High Adventure,

we don't understand that Hillary had to grow into this success.


You see, in 1952 he attempted to climb Mount Everest , but failed. A few weeks later a group in England asked him to address its members.

Hillary walked on stage to a thunderous applause. The audience was recognizing an attempt at greatness, but Edmund Hillary saw himself as a failure. He moved away from the microphone and walked to the edge of the platform. He made a fist and pointed at a picture of the mountain.

He said in a loud voice, " Mount Everest , you beat me the first time, but I'll beat you the next time because you've grown all you are going to grow... but I'm still growing!"


This is the attitude that has made most of the world renowned achievers to reach their goal in life!

The attitude of “ learning & growing” every moment in life!

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Ayesha M's Signature:

You really don’t have to be nice always...sometimes you have to show your bad side so that you can sort out who can accept you at worst mood... if people cant handle you at your worst, then they don’t deserve you at your best!

Old man wasn't well informed. Mt Everest is growing every year.


Good post, BTW.

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Yamaraj's Signature:

^Yes It's been growing since years, and still going on and this thing, Hillary didn't knew

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C.Ronaldo's Signature:

Lol @ Yammy, and actually it is growing faster than a normal adult male would, although he didn't mean in that sense

Actually he must have been high when he was called to address the gathering
Nice post btw.
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Somethings should stop growing

Good post for the duds

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Agnel's Signature:

The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds;
and the pessimist fears this is true